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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The World is Your Beautiful Younger Sister," the world is compared to what?
(a) A locket on a chain.
(b) A wilde, savage place.
(c) A young gazelle.
(d) A young, innocent woman taken advantage of by rough men.

2. Why are sentences left incomplete in "Declaration"?
(a) To leave it to the reader to fill in the blank of what has been stolen or destroyed.
(b) To reveal how the lives of the characters are incomplete.
(c) To confuse the reader.
(d) To show the confusion of the speaker.

3. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” what do the colored men in the military say they deserve?
(a) Higher ranking.
(b) More money.
(c) Equal treatment.
(d) Freedom from slavery and the Army.

4. In “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” a husband writes to his wife, encouraging her to bring herself and their children, including the baby he has never met, to him in what state?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Tennessee.

5. History in "Ghazal" is described as a ship that is always setting sail where the men on either shore do what?
(a) Call us names.
(b) Tease us about our name.
(c) Destroy everything that is not our name.
(d) Fight over our name.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what do the memories of this "Garden of Eden" remind the speaker?

2. Why does the woman make such a strong plea at the beginning of ”I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I will Tell You All About It”?

3. As the angels speak, the speaker dares to look at them and sees what?

4. What does the speaker in "The Angels" hope some angels are?

5. In "Garden of Eden," what does the narrator greatly miss?

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